| Edie Falco | | | | about early detection and breast cancer risks. |
| Edie Falco, star of both HBO shows "The | | | | Christina Applegate |
| Sopranos" and "OZ" was diagnosed with breast | | | | Christina Applegate is one of the youngest and |
| cancer when she was a young 40 years old, in | | | | most vocal celebrities with breast cancer. She |
| 2003. Breast Cancer Marathon CaliforniaShe didn't | | | | was diagnosed in 2008 when she was only 36 |
| tell people at first, but instead secretly went into | | | | years old. The former star of "Married with |
| treatment. She didn't reveal her cancer until after | | | | Children" was filming her new successful hit show |
| she was declared cancer free, but after that | | | | "Samantha Who?" when she was diagnosed. She |
| talked about openly. She was only secretive | | | | tested positive for a gene mutation that greatly |
| because she didn't want to be asked constantly | | | | increases the risk of breast cancer. And because |
| how she was feeling and if she was all right. | | | | her mother had also been diagnosed with breast |
| | | | cancer more than once, making heredity just one |
| Jaclyn Smith whom everyone knows as Kelly | | | | more risk factor for the young woman, she |
| Garret, one of "Charlie's Angels" from the | | | | opted to not just have the breast with the |
| same-named TV show of the 1970s, was | | | | cancer removed, but to have both removed. This |
| diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 56 | | | | double mastectomy was a preventative measure |
| years old in 2002. Most cases of breast cancer | | | | to stave off any future cancer. Applegate speaks |
| occur in women who are 55 years or older. Jaclyn | | | | out for the available of MRI testing for women of |
| was treated with a lumpectomy and radiation, | | | | all income levels, because it was this test that |
| because the disease was caught early during a | | | | detected her cancer early and has probably saved |
| routine self-exam. She works with groups like | | | | her life by reducing her risk of the cancer |
| Susan G. Komen for the Cure and talks publicly | | | | spreading or recurring. |